Corporate America Is Taking On Guns and Climate—Issues the Government Won’t
- Corporate America is wading into controversial policy debates
- ‘We have to do it ourselves. The cavalry isn’t coming.’
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In the weeks since the Parkland school shooting, big U.S. companies have found themselves in a familiar position: pressured to act on controversial social and political issues where government won’t.
It’s a trend currently manifested by firms cutting ties to the National Rifle Association and efforts by large investors to reduce exposure to gun-makers. But with U.S. politics more polarized than ever, moving forward on issues that Washington has failed to tackle is increasingly routine for corporate America, from coastal tech giants like Alphabet Inc. to heartland icons including Walmart Inc.